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Playing part time

  • 02-01-2009 12:26am
    #1
    SuperHans
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭


    Come Monday I will begin playing poker online as a means of income on a part time basis. I have only recently come to this decision and have therefore not fully thought about how I'm going to go about it, so I am posting here for a bit of advice from those who are currently doing the same or have done so in the past.
    I will be starting on Entraction, but may be moving to ipoker or another network if I feel the game selection/rakeback/softness combination is not optimal. I will mainly be playing €100nlhe full ring and 6 max. I would prefer full ring as I feel my game is better suited to this and also the variance isn't as great, however this option is limited on entraction.
    Plan to play maybe 4 hours a day, but will see how it goes and increase/decrease these hours accordingly.

    What I want to know:
    What are the best times to be playing given that I would like to maintain a semi-normal social schedule? I would like to play during the day, but not have my winrate suffer to much, so a compromise is needed here.

    Should I seriously consider concentrating on 6 max alone? Entraction doesn't have great game selection for full ring, however when I do get a game there I tend to do well and I enjoy the reduced variance. I have also done ok at full ring on ipoker, but that was only 100nl(I would be playing 200nl on ipoker if I decide to go back there)

    Is entraction a good choice of network? I have a decent rakeback deal there, however rakeback isn't my only concern as I want to maintain a good winrate too.

    Can't think of anything else at the moment so if anyone has any extra suggestions or advice that would be much appreciated.


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  • #2
    dK1NG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 661 ✭✭✭dK1NG


    Might be worth having a gander through this thread:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055342169

    Best of lcuk with it!


  • #3
    Grafter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Grafter


    I haven't played much on Entraction, but I believe they're changing their RB/reward system soon.

    If you're going for FR(ie playing a smaller %age of hands), then somewhere like ipoker with dealt rewards is generally better than somewhere like entraction with contributed rewards.

    As you know, the games and traffic are better in the evenings, especially the weekend ones.

    Pokerstars may be worth considering too, as they are the biggest and have the widest geographical/timezone coverage, so the game quality isn't defined by time of day as much as the euro sites. Perfect time of year to start working through their VIP levels too.


  • #4
    SuperHans
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭SuperHans


    Grafter wrote: »
    Pokerstars may be worth considering too, as they are the biggest and have the widest geographical/timezone coverage, so the game quality isn't defined by time of day as much as the euro sites. Perfect time of year to start working through their VIP levels too.

    I wasn't even considering Pokerstars as I would have thought that their reward structure isn't so cash game player friendly. Would their site compare favourably with say ipoker when balancing softness of opposition with effective rakeback? Is the opposition there at 200nl tough compared to other sites from anyone's experience?


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